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In our twenty-seventh episode, Gary and Mike interview Boston University professor and political media consultant Dr. Tobe Berkovitz. They discuss political communications strategies in the 2020 presidential primaries and look ahead to the 2020 general election.

In our twenty-sixth episode, Gary and Mike interview their good friend Mike O’Neill, chief corporate affairs officer at American Express. At the time this episode airs, Mike is set to retire in a few weeks, so they talked about his favorite memories working at AMEX and Small Business Saturday.

In our twenty-fifth episode, Gary and Mike have the special honor of interviewing their adult children, Sarah Sheffer and Will Fernandez, two Millennials who care about change and purpose in communications. Sarah is the senior communications officer at Refugees International, and Will is a WPP Fellow at Wunderman Thompson.

In our twenty-fourth episode, Gary and Mike interview Boston University alum and former chief official White House photographer Pete Souza. They talk about Pete’s two books, Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents and Obama: An Intimate Portrait, as well as how we became the White House photographer for two U.S. presidents.

In our twenty-third episode, Gary and Mike are joined by Ray Kotcher, professor of practice at Boston University, Arunima Krishna, assistant professor at Boston University, and Steve Barrett, VP, editorial director PRWeek. They discuss the 2019 PRWeek Bellwether survey done in partnership with Boston University.

In our twenty-second episode, Gary and Mike interview Associate Professor at Boston University College of Communication, Tammy Vigil. They discuss the two books she published this year, Moms in Chief: The Rhetoric of Republican Motherhood and the Spouses of Presidential Nominees, 1992-2016 and Melania and Michelle: First Ladies in a New Era.

In our twenty-first episode, Gary and Mike interview Ethan McCarty, CEO of Integral Communications Group, to discuss the importance of internal communications.

This week, Gary and Mike interview Alex Dimitrief to talk about value and purpose. Alex is the former General Electric CEO outside of the United States. Today, he is a lecturer at Harvard Law.

In our nineteenth episode, Mike and Gary interview Jackie Gingrich Cushman, the author of the new book, Our Broken America: Why Both Sides Need to Stop Ranting and Start Listening.

This week, Gary and Mike interview Anne Marie Squeo, SVP and Chief Communications and Brand Officer of Xerox, to discuss Xerox's transition from digital to physical